Sasnak
03-29-2005, 01:59 PM
After a number of solid sessions and feeling as if my game was back on track with the bankroll getting back to even, I went on another s-l-o-w downward spiral over the past two weeks - and am back to being down 200BB's overall.
In reviewing PT, and having someone else look over a few sessions we determined I did make some overcalls which were questionable and might have been a bit aggressive on some nut flush draws which missed. But overall, my play was decent and the inevitable 2-outers killed me on a small number of large multi-way pots. I'm also attempting to play a few more hands out of the blinds and getting HU isn't the best part of my game! So that cost me quite a few BB's too. (Not beeyatching about the downswing either, I can handle that and know about variance and playing st00pid at times!)
So I decided to move from 1/2 to .50/1 and retool my game while clearing the latest PP bonus. GAWD was I bored plus I got 86o'ed to death. After clearing the bonus with a bit of profit I went back to 1/2.
When I very first moved up in limits to begin with it was nerve-wracking. Then I became used to it and got into my game. Now, unless I get close to dropping my 1000BB roll at 1/2 I plan on staying here because dropping down a limit seemed to take me out of my game. I wanted to play more hands (read LAG) OOP, get more aggressive, etc. It seemed to change my style and most importantly my thinking for the game. With the smaller limits I seemed to want to become looser with my play.
Does anyone else get these feelings when they've dropped down a limit or two? And how do you handle it?
In reviewing PT, and having someone else look over a few sessions we determined I did make some overcalls which were questionable and might have been a bit aggressive on some nut flush draws which missed. But overall, my play was decent and the inevitable 2-outers killed me on a small number of large multi-way pots. I'm also attempting to play a few more hands out of the blinds and getting HU isn't the best part of my game! So that cost me quite a few BB's too. (Not beeyatching about the downswing either, I can handle that and know about variance and playing st00pid at times!)
So I decided to move from 1/2 to .50/1 and retool my game while clearing the latest PP bonus. GAWD was I bored plus I got 86o'ed to death. After clearing the bonus with a bit of profit I went back to 1/2.
When I very first moved up in limits to begin with it was nerve-wracking. Then I became used to it and got into my game. Now, unless I get close to dropping my 1000BB roll at 1/2 I plan on staying here because dropping down a limit seemed to take me out of my game. I wanted to play more hands (read LAG) OOP, get more aggressive, etc. It seemed to change my style and most importantly my thinking for the game. With the smaller limits I seemed to want to become looser with my play.
Does anyone else get these feelings when they've dropped down a limit or two? And how do you handle it?